Realism In Caste Interaction In Premchand's Law.

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CASTE CONFIGERATION IN MUNSHI PREMCHAND’S GODAN (THE GIFT OF COW)

PREMCHAND believes the greater truth that a writer has a social function to show and to perform; he had adopted and taken realism as a form and its shape in literature. To him realism in art was ADARSHONMOKHI YATHARTHVAD meaning Idealistic Realism that had an important realistic function-to assist to the transformating society by creating awareness about the existing conditions and by projecting out a vision for the future. “The caste problem is a vast one, both theoretically and practically. Practically it is an institution that portends tremendous consequences. It is a local problem, but one capable
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Premchand was one of the few famous writers who artistically forwarded an action to the distressed question of caste and its morally corrupted manifestations in the Indian society. He is also indeed the most eminent of the Hindi novelists/writers of the 20th century. It was chiefly due to his performance that a new social consequences and a sense of determination entered Hindi fiction. He wrote in contrary of social injustice as well hypocrisy and also against the ill treatment that is expectedly meted out to the people belonging to the lower castes, especially the Dalits, in the rural areas. His novels like Gahan,, Seva-Sadan, , Rang Bhoomi, Premashram, Nirmala but of all Godan specifically declares and testify to his commitment to the common man and to the presentation of the lifelike image of his many …show more content…
Resulting it hard and difficult to explain this social occurrence to the people at living at home these seafarers called it ‘caste.’ As for in India Today the people seeks to layer and parcel castes and hierarchies society in socio-economic conditions and changing of the prestige or the need of it. We can clearly say that Caste is inherited by birth and holds on to a person for forever. It may be able to favor to a different religion but not to a different

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